South Sydney Rabbitohs 20–10 Melbourne Storm — Qualifying Final, 2013 NRL Finals Series
13 Sep 2013 · ANZ Stadium, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 21,609
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Qualifying Final, 2013 NRL finals series: South Sydney Rabbitohs 20–10 Melbourne Storm, at ANZ Stadium, Sydney, NSW on 13 Sep 2013.
Sourcing caveat: Exact try-scoring minutes for Farrell, Lima and Luke could not be confirmed. Issac Luke's player-of-the-match status comes from a single secondary source and could not be cross-verified. No official player-of-the-match award could be independently confirmed for this fixture.
Scoring timeline
| 55′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Slater |
| 72′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Chambers |
Tries with a sourced minute, in order scored, with the conversion kicked/missed alongside each one where source data lets us match a kicker to that specific try. Tries whose exact minute isn't recorded in available sources appear in the Scorers table below but not here; goal tallies we can't attribute to one specific try are shown as descriptive text in Scorers rather than guessed into this timeline.
Scorers
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | Tries: Farrell; Lima; Luke Goals: Reynolds (3/3 conversions, 1/1 penalty goal) |
| Melbourne Storm | Tries: Slater 55'; Chambers 72' Goals: Smith (1/3 conversions) |
Team sheets
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | Melbourne Storm | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Inglis | Fullback | Billy Slater | 1 |
| 2 | Nathan Merritt | Wing | Sisi Waqa | 2 |
| 3 | Bryson Goodwin | Centre | Will Chambers | 3 |
| 4 | Dylan Walker | Centre | Maurice Blair | 4 |
| 5 | Dylan Farrell | Wing | Justin O'Neill | 5 |
| 6 | John Sutton (c) | Five-Eighth | Gareth Widdop | 18 |
| 7 | Adam Reynolds | Halfback | Cooper Cronk | 7 |
| 21 | Luke Burgess | Prop | Jesse Bromwich | 8 |
| 9 | Issac Luke | Hooker | Cameron Smith (c) | 9 |
| 12 | Ben Te'o | Second-Row | Kevin Proctor | 11 |
| 20 | Dave Tyrrell | Second-Row | Ryan Hoffman | 12 |
| 13 | Sam Burgess (c) | Prop | Bryan Norrie | 10 |
| 15 | Jeff Lima | Lock | Ryan Hinchcliffe | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 10 | Roy Asotasi | Jason Ryles | 14 | |
| 11 | Chris McQueen | Tohu Harris | 15 | |
| 16 | Jason Clark | Jordan McLean | 16 | |
| 17 | George Burgess | Kenny Bromwich | 17 | |
| Michael Maguire | Coach | Craig Bellamy | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Shayne Hayne and Jared Maxwell (two-referee system) |
Match report
South Sydney shut Melbourne out for the entire first half at ANZ Stadium, building a commanding 14-0 lead through tries to Dylan Farrell and Jeff Lima, both converted by Adam Reynolds. Melbourne, chasing a fourth straight finals campaign under Craig Bellamy, fought back after the break through Billy Slater's 55th-minute try, and had a second Slater try controversially disallowed for interference. Souths sealed the result when Greg Inglis created a late try for hooker Issac Luke, before Will Chambers grabbed a consolation try in the 72nd minute. The win sent South Sydney through to a preliminary final and kept alive their push for a first Grand Final appearance since 1971, while Melbourne dropped into the second week of the finals.